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Taiwan Riot Police Clear Government Offices of Protesters

Riot police armed with batons and shields used water cannon on dozens of angry protesters to clear Taiwan's Cabinet offices, which demonstrators had seized Sunday in as part of a days-long protest against a trade deal with communist China.

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Ukraine Crisis Threatens to Overshadow World Nuclear Summit

World leaders are meeting Monday in the Netherlands for a nuclear security summit that is expected to be overshadowed by the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

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Diplomatic solution only way to resolve Russia-Ukraine crisis, Ban stresses in Kyiv

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) pays his respects at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the recent violence in Kyiv.

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The cost of military gains in Somalia

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Retaken: AMISOM troops march in Hudur.

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